Senate roll call 304 · 43rd Congress · Feb 12, 1875
To amend S. 963, by providing for the election of a delegate to represent the district of columbia, in Congress for a term of two years.
On Feb 12, 1875, the Senate voted 21–29 (S 963). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–11, Democrats 2–13, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 12, 1875
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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